Index, Time and Eternity

(1) I. One Dignity
One dignity delays for all,
One mitred afternoon.
None can avoid this purple,
None evade this crown. More→

(2) II. Too Late
Delayed, till she had ceased to know,
Delayed, till in its vest of snow
Her loving bosom lay.
An hour behind the fleeting breath,
Later by just an hour than death, —
Oh, lagging yesterday! More→

(21) XXI. The First Lesson
Not in this world to see his face
Sounds long, until I read the place
Where this is said to be;
But just the primer to a life
Unopened, rare, upon the shelf,
Clasped yet to him and me. More→